Table 32. Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2017

By Region of Citizenship

Region of Citizenship	Total Temporary Workers and Families¹	Workers in Specialty Occupations (H1B)	Seasonal Agricultural Workers (H2A)	Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H2B, H2R)²	Workers with Extraordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)³	Other
Total	3,969,276	531,280	412,820	124,330	142,175	131,220	687,096	496,936	1,443,419
Africa	27,893	5,705	2,900	1,673	1,485	1,913	6,513	407	7,297
Asia	998,111	364,988	118	913	12,690	10,833	160,403	137,548	310,618
Europe	686,366	58,679	729	2,769	75,615	25,669	217,478	164,346	141,081
North America	2,024,817	77,178	407,823	118,408	34,845	83,479	239,954	131,019	932,111
Oceania	87,381	2,955	169	122	8,064	2,284	15,234	47,815	10,738
South America	142,146	21,226	1,066	302	9,214	6,879	46,957	15,546	40,956
Unknown	2,562	549	15	143	262	163	557	255	618

By Country of Citizenship

Country of Citizenship	Total Temporary Workers and Families¹	Workers in Specialty Occupations (H1B)	Seasonal Agricultural Workers (H2A)	Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H2B, H2R)²	Workers with Extraordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)³	Other
Total	3,969,276	531,280	412,820	124,330	142,175	131,220	687,096	496,936	1,443,419
Afghanistan	25	4	-	-	D	3	3	D	12
Albania	568	288	-	-	24	106	41	30	79
Algeria	284	63	-	-	D	35	101	D	79
Andorra	75	18	-	-	6	-	10	-	41
Angola	338	12	-	-	35	13	138	3	137
Antigua and Barbuda	136	29	-	D	D	55	17	-	26
Argentina	23,073	2,021	14	40	1,791	1,414	6,632	5,715	5,446
Armenia	592	88	-	-	109	101	49	68	177
Australia⁴	79,538	2,098	46	49	6,583	1,868	12,434	47,734	8,726
Austria	9,059	716	D	D	821	483	3,321	2,097	1,602
Azerbaijan	251	48	-	-	16	11	40	39	97
Bahamas	750	320	-	-	16	94	145	29	146
Bahrain	102	35	-	-	8	D	44	D	12
Bangladesh	1,223	407	-	-	18	31	279	13	475
Barbados	430	113	-	5	118	84	53	-	57
Belarus	1,392	151	-	-	135	147	443	13	503
Belgium	13,164	885	D	D	1,384	368	4,969	2,556	2,998
Belize	446	80	18	304	7	7	8	-	22
Benin	65	30	-	-	D	D	15	-	14
Bhutan	24	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	13
Bolivia	1,035	358	-	-	42	40	267	35	293
Bosnia and Herzegovina	302	72	-	-	16	80	51	22	61
Botswana	82	29	D	-	4	D	22	-	23
Brazil	55,569	5,548	26	120	2,401	1,239	25,205	1,248	19,782
Brunei	27	D	-	-	-	-	17	-	D
Bulgaria	2,482	636	9	137	173	139	563	457	368
Burkina Faso	100	40	-	-	D	15	7	D	35
Burma	152	45	-	-	3	15	20	5	64
Burundi	11	D	-	-	-	D	D	-	4
Cabo Verde	55	D	-	-	14	28	-	-	D
Cambodia	109	10	-	-	4	15	6	20	54
Cameroon	395	178	-	-	4	55	57	10	91
Canada	1,063,537	57,442	4,253	5,719	23,933	38,105	191,321	68,285	674,479
Central African Republic	16	-	-	-	-	4	D	D	8
Chad	8	D	-	-	D	-	D	D	3
Chile	10,330	3,472	22	16	458	143	1,734	1,272	3,213
China, People's Republic⁵	100,005	50,788	19	9	1,474	2,436	19,966	615	24,698
Colombia	21,287	4,019	D	D	2,103	1,328	4,922	4,437	4,396
Congo, Democratic Republic	121	21	-	-	29	D	33	D	21
Congo, Republic	18	D	-	D	-	-	4	-	11
Costa Rica	4,724	690	123	254	159	81	1,915	220	1,282
Cote d'Ivoire	155	51	-	-	3	12	38	-	51
Croatia	1,631	353	-	10	198	119	482	179	290
Cuba	1,298	9	-	-	57	1,079	4	13	136
Cyprus	457	172	-	-	101	13	125	-	46
Czechia	4,543	291	D	D	392	553	1,471	769	996
Denmark⁶	11,806	533	18	4	1,822	338	3,930	2,034	3,127
Djibouti	5	D	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Dominica	119	20	-	-	10	63	18	-	8
Dominican Republic	7,428	623	34	136	682	3,798	716	47	1,392
Ecuador	2,789	678	6	16	162	105	802	160	860
Egypt	3,990	864	D	D	266	23	1,233	111	1,470
El Salvador	2,477	477	178	628	34	234	401	13	512
Equatorial Guinea	3	-	-	-	-	-	D	-	D
Eritrea	6	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Estonia	764	83	-	3	142	93	200	55	188
Ethiopia	395	105	-	-	17	125	52	11	85
Fiji	101	13	-	32	4	D	11	D	37
Finland	7,764	415	12	-	549	751	2,965	572	2,500
France⁷	103,442	8,863	5	13	7,354	1,744	31,604	30,170	23,689
Gabon	15	7	-	-	-	-	D	D	D
Gambia	21	7	-	-	-	-	9	-	5
Georgia	242	80	-	-	D	30	40	D	70
Germany	97,028	6,161	D	D	5,318	1,842	24,720	45,493	13,477
Ghana	1,042	453	-	-	27	126	118	-	318
Greece	4,591	1,593	-	23	590	382	1,084	199	720
Grenada	178	65	-	D	28	12	D	27	39
Guatemala	9,368	640	3,519	3,570	178	243	532	72	614
Guinea	75	D	-	-	D	49	4	-	17
Guinea-Bissau	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	-	-
Guyana	117	30	-	-	5	20	3	8	51
Haiti	969	72	65	D	28	538	13	D	250
Holy See	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Honduras	3,524	536	399	907	32	255	419	518	458
Hungary	4,252	457	8	74	380	442	1,602	36	1,253
Iceland	1,186	201	-	-	309	105	228	5	338
India	554,628	276,178	D	D	1,772	3,039	63,415	298	209,923
Indonesia	1,978	642	-	-	72	22	513	48	681
Iran	305	89	-	-	27	4	24	27	134
Iraq	129	44	-	-	D	10	33	D	37
Ireland	24,991	3,115	67	326	2,617	1,634	9,228	3,624	4,380
Israel	21,954	2,408	-	D	2,075	D	6,708	2,605	7,689
Italy	54,110	5,430	3	37	4,876	1,078	14,565	19,945	8,176
Jamaica	16,713	558	4,870	7,819	1,966	637	221	138	504
Japan	189,707	4,294	-	222	2,654	1,485	40,660	110,946	29,446
Jordan	988	422	-	-	29	4	143	58	332
Kazakhstan	734	111	-	-	40	44	151	81	307
Kenya	1,171	440	-	-	33	236	170	11	281
Kiribati	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
Korea, South	48,254	7,585	-	3	1,916	1,601	12,203	11,601	13,345
Kosovo	115	21	-	-	5	42	5	6	36
Kuwait	230	64	-	-	45	-	D	D	87
Kyrgyzstan	49	13	-	-	4	9	4	7	12
Laos	31	-	-	-	-	-	D	D	25
Latvia	876	101	-	D	216	166	156	D	140
Lebanon	1,836	746	-	-	147	23	431	23	466
Lesotho	9	6	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Liberia	45	D	-	-	18	14	-	-	D
Libya	51	18	-	-	-	-	7	-	26
Liechtenstein	74	11	-	D	19	D	25	D	15
Lithuania	831	61	D	112	126	D	208	117	151
Luxembourg	327	33	-	-	47	13	130	32	72
Macedonia	284	93	-	14	16	49	44	17	51
Madagascar	27	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	14
Malawi	47	10	-	-	-	6	15	-	16
Malaysia	5,271	1,178	-	-	207	35	2,325	33	1,493
Maldives	10	D	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Mali	119	15	-	-	19	69	-	-	16
Malta	156	19	-	-	13	D	79	D	42
Marshall Islands	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Mauritania	14	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	8
Mauritius	253	82	-	-	D	D	113	11	39
Mexico	906,336	14,351	393,849	98,871	7,114	37,088	42,875	61,168	251,020
Moldova	402	113	42	4	59	32	49	5	98
Monaco	60	11	-	-	41	4	D	-	D
Mongolia	359	107	-	-	5	51	23	74	99
Morocco⁸	932	251	-	-	48	48	252	106	227
Mozambique	91	12	-	-	4	-	15	-	60
Namibia	45	7	D	D	D	D	10	-	21
Nauru	D	-	-	-	D	-	-	-	-
Nepal	1,533	981	D	-	4	39	89	D	415
Netherlands⁹	28,280	1,567	11	14	3,938	870	10,816	4,470	6,594
New Zealand¹⁰	7,638	841	123	41	1,476	394	2,789	80	1,894
Nicaragua	1,509	215	515	110	9	166	184	18	292
Niger	28	7	D	-	D	4	7	-	7
Nigeria	3,110	1,170	-	D	102	246	517	D	1,067
Norway	6,636	429	-	D	1,093	D	1,609	1,558	1,584
Oman	78	10	-	-	-	-	29	8	31
Pakistan	5,197	1,653	D	-	D	205	893	442	1,932
Panama	1,599	255	-	81	122	251	228	287	375
Papua New Guinea	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Paraguay	342	66	-	-	20	38	33	69	116
Peru	5,842	1,424	950	30	260	326	1,260	80	1,512
Philippines	15,246	3,449	57	640	275	183	2,720	694	7,228
Poland	9,330	1,079	D	D	834	669	3,512	429	2,760
Portugal	6,776	910	-	44	771	189	2,945	165	1,752
Qatar	44	D	-	-	-	-	23	-	D
Romania	4,654	779	241	421	314	190	1,505	311	893
Russia	15,659	2,086	-	D	1,875	2,161	4,355	D	4,979
Rwanda	93	44	-	-	-	-	27	-	22
Saint Kitts and Nevis	124	34	-	-	5	14	23	6	42
Saint Lucia	101	51	-	-	11	8	17	-	14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56	28	-	-	10	11	D	-	D
Samoa	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
San Marino	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Saudi Arabia	1,575	200	-	-	54	6	526	-	789
Senegal	204	52	-	-	47	19	24	5	57
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	1,386	253	-	166	191	200	325	35	216
Seychelles	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Sierra Leone	36	17	-	-	-	4	5	-	10
Singapore	8,442	3,673	-	-	168	29	2,252	201	2,119
Slovakia	2,106	224	-	65	190	138	822	235	432
Slovenia	1,061	139	D	D	158	53	283	259	162
Somalia	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
South Africa	12,130	966	2,869	1,666	694	353	3,096	75	2,411
South Sudan	D	-	-	-	D	-	-	-	D
Spain	52,226	5,427	D	D	4,060	1,133	14,843	16,264	10,468
Sri Lanka	1,363	446	-	-	16	39	336	84	442
Sudan	58	21	-	-	-	D	D	-	28
Suriname	102	34	-	-	D	-	D	34	24
Swaziland	27	15	D	-	-	D	6	-	D
Sweden	19,425	1,224	-	-	3,029	1,640	5,773	3,196	4,563
Switzerland	11,548	1,056	D	D	1,257	330	4,131	2,349	2,422
Syria	134	13	-	-	3	14	37	4	63
Taiwan	18,937	5,025	-	-	617	411	3,285	5,888	3,711
Tajikistan	54	17	-	-	3	3	8	-	23
Tanzania	243	82	-	-	18	46	17	-	80
Thailand	2,899	669	37	-	145	143	506	698	701
Timor-Leste	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Togo	42	24	-	-	D	-	-	-	D
Tonga	45	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	34
Trinidad and Tobago	2,995	570	-	-	319	656	836	176	438
Tunisia	434	88	-	-	24	11	136	31	144
Turkey	9,717	2,309	-	36	435	58	1,856	2,919	2,104
Turkmenistan	53	D	-	-	-	D	22	D	22
Uganda	693	177	-	-	14	287	62	-	153
Ukraine	7,928	1,154	213	296	606	920	1,963	190	2,586
United Arab Emirates	130	29	-	-	D	-	73	-	D
United Kingdom¹¹	173,069	11,628	86	812	29,651	6,048	62,420	26,153	36,271
Uruguay	1,523	296	46	-	154	95	519	103	310
Uzbekistan	267	40	-	-	9	36	48	3	131
Vanuatu	12	D	-	-	-	8	-	-	D
Venezuela	20,137	3,280	-	-	1,810	2,131	5,578	2,385	4,953
Vietnam	2,725	885	-	-	138	214	429	26	1,033
Yemen	43	6	-	-	-	-	13	-	24
Zambia	137	50	-	D	4	D	19	D	60
Zimbabwe	646	260	D	D	38	47	169	11	117
Unknown	2,562	549	15	143	262	163	557	255	618

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